I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.
There ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got raw deals. You've got to say, 'I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it.'
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right.
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.